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Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027

Valve has some good news and bad news about Steam Controllers. The good news: If you make a reservation for a Steam Controller, the company will now show you one of three estimates of when you'll be able to actually order your gamepad: by September 2026, by December 2026, or sometime in 2027. The bad news: Any reservations made today "indicate a 2027 date for shipping," Valve says. "We have no plans to stop making Steam Controller," according to Valve. "But as we look at the current demand compa

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You can now use the Game Boy Camera with your phone

You don’t need a Game Boy Camera or a GB Operator dock to use Epilogue’s new Flashback app. | Image: Epilogue The $50 GB Operator is an accessory that lets you connect, play, and authenticate Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance cartridges on PCs and other devices. Now it's getting some new functionality for the Game Boy Camera. After turning the Game Boy Camera into a charmingly awful desktop webcam two years ago, device-maker Epilogue has just released an iOS/Android mobile app so

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GitHub Changelog

MAI-Code-1-Flash available on more Copilot surfaces

MAI‑Code‑1‑Flash, Microsoft’s purpose‑built small coding model, is now available across additional GitHub Copilot surfaces. MAI‑Code‑1‑Flash can now be used in: Copilot CLI GitHub Copilot app Copilot Chat on GitHub Visual… The post MAI-Code-1-Flash available on more Copilot surfaces appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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